1 Mosebog 12
1 Og Herren sagde til Abram: Gak du ud af dit Land og fra din Slægt og af din Faders Hus til det Land, som jeg vil vise dig.
Then Yahweh said to Abram, “Leave this country where you are now living. Leave your father’s clan and his family. Go to a land that I will show you.
2 Og jeg vil gøre dig til et stort Folk og velsigne dig og gøre dit Navn stort, og vær en Velsignelse.
I will cause your descendants to become a large nation. I will bless you and cause you to become (famous/highly esteemed). What I do for you will be a blessing to others.
3 Og jeg vil velsigne dem, som velsigne dig, og den, som forbander dig, vil jeg forbande; og i dig skulle alle Slægter paa Jorden velsignes.
I will bless those who (bless/ask God to do good things for) you, and I will (curse/ask God to punish) those who do evil things to you. And because of what you do, groups of people all over the earth will receive blessings (OR, people will wish that God will bless others as much as he has blessed you).”
4 Og Abram gik, ligesom Herren havde sagt til ham, og Lot gik med ham; og Abram var halvfjerdsindstyve Aar og fem Aar gammel, der han uddrog af Haran.
So Abram left Haran [town], as Yahweh told him to do. Abram was 75 years old when he left there along with his wife, Sarai, and his nephew, Lot.
5 Saa tog Abram Sarai sin Hustru og Lot sin Broders Søn og al deres Ejendom, som de ejede, og de Folk, som de havde forskaffet sig i Haran, og de droge ud for at rejse til Kanaans Land, og de kom til Kanaans Land.
Abram also took along all the possessions and slaves that they had accumulated/acquired in Haran [town], and they left there and went to Canaan land.
6 Og Abram drog igennem Landet til det Sted Sikem indtil More Lund; og Kananiten var da i Landet.
In Canaan they traveled as far as Shechem [town] and camped by a huge tree called the tree of Moreh. The Canaan people-group were still living in that land.
7 Og Herren aabenbaredes for Abram og sagde: Dit Afkom vil jeg give dette Land; og han byggede der et Alter for Herren, som aabenbaredes for ham.
Then Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I will give this land to your descendants.” Then Abram built a stone altar to offer a sacrifice to Yahweh because Yahweh had appeared to him.
8 Og han brød op derfra til Bjerget Østen for Bethel og udslog sit Telt, saa Bethel var mod Vesten og Ai mod Østen; og han byggede der et Alter for Herren og paakaldte Herrens Navn.
From Shechem, Abram and his family traveled to the hills that were east of Bethel [town]. Bethel [town] was to the west of where they set up their tent, and Ai [town] was further to the east. There he built another stone altar and offered a sacrifice and worshiped Yahweh there.
9 Og Abram rejste videre og vandrede mod Sønden.
Then they left there and started traveling south to the Negev [Desert].
10 Og der var Hunger i Landet, og Abram drog ned til Ægypten at leve som fremmed der; thi Hungeren var svar i Landet.
There was (a famine/very little food to eat) in Canaan, so they went south to live in Egypt for a while.
11 Og det skete, der han nærmede sig at komme til Ægypten, sagde han til Sarai sin Hustru: Se nu, jeg ved, at du er en dejlig Kvinde at se til.
Just as they were about to enter Egypt, Abram said to his wife Sarai, “Listen, I know that you are a very beautiful woman.
12 Og det vil ske, naar Ægypterne se dig og sige: denne er hans Hustru, at de slaa mig ihjel og lade dig leve.
When the people in Egypt see you, they will say, ‘This woman is his wife!’ and they will kill me in order to get you, but they will not kill you.
13 Kære, sig, at du er min Søster, at det kan gaa mig vel for din Skyld, og min Sjæl maa leve formedelst dig.
So I ask you to tell them that you are my sister, so that because of you telling them that, they will (spare my life/not kill me).”
14 Og det skete, der Abram kom til Ægypten, da saa Ægypterne Kvinden, at hun var meget dejlig.
And as soon as they arrived in Egypt, the people in Egypt saw that his wife was indeed very beautiful.
15 Og Faraos Fyrster saa hende og roste hende for Farao, og Kvinden blev ført til Faraos Hus.
When the king’s officials saw her, they told the king how beautiful she was. And they took her to the king’s palace.
16 Og han gjorde Abram godt for hendes Skyld; og han fik Faar og Kvæg og Asener og Svende og Tjenestepiger og Aseninder og Kameler.
The king treated Abram kindly because of Sarai, and he gave Abram many sheep and cattle and donkeys and male and female slaves and camels.
17 Og Herren slog Farao og hans Hus med store Plager for Sarai, Abrams Hustrus, Skyld.
But because the king had taken Sarai, Abram’s wife, Yahweh caused the king and the others in his household to be inflicted with terrible diseases.
18 Da kaldte Farao ad Abram og sagde: Hvi har du gjort mig dette? hvi gav du mig ikke til Kende, at hun er din Hustru?
When the king realized why that was happening, he summoned Abram and said to him, “Why did you do this to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?
19 Hvorfor sagde du: hun er min Søster? og jeg tog hende mig til Hustru; og nu, se, der er din Hustru, tag hende og gak!
Why did you lie, saying she is your sister, with the result that I took her to be my wife? You should not have done that! So now take your wife, leave here and go!”
20 Og Farao gav sine Mænd Befaling om ham, og de udførte ham og hans Hustru og alt det, han havde.
Then the king told his officials/servants to take Abram and his wife and all his possessions out of Egypt.
